You said "you are now smarter because of it", when "if" wasn't the point of my post, but rather "it shouldn't be that way". A few years is not a lot of time to mature enough to handle that kind of responsibility.
I had upvoted your posts until that, I wasn't trying to be a dick when I tried to clarify my post, I was just trying to clarify my post and shift the focus to "that's a bad idea and anyone should be able to see it, much less the military".
And it definitely is. Anyone should be able to see that a 21 year old is just going to power trip / brag to friends / go for clout without reconciling the consequences.
Did this happen? Possibly. It shouldn't have.
But then, we also shouldn't be trying to start wars on another continent with no benefit to us either so I guess here we are.
I apologize if I came across as a dick when I was trying to redirect the focus.
You said "you are now smarter because of it", when "if" wasn't the point of my post, but rather "it shouldn't be that way". A few years is not a lot of time to mature enough to handle that kind of responsibility.
I had upvoted your posts until that, I wasn't trying to be a dick when I tried to clarify my post, I was just trying to clarify my post and shift the focus to "that's a bad idea and anyone should be able to see it, much less the military".
And it definitely is. Anyone should be able to see that a 21 year old is just going to power trip / brag to friends / go for clout without reconciling the consequences.
Did this happen? Possibly. It shouldn't have.
But then, we also shouldn't be trying to start wars on another continent with no benefit to us either so I guess here we are.
I apologize if I came across as a dick when I was trying to redirect the focus.